Meeting Place/Time: Sarubashi Station Ticket Gate at 10:00AM
Course: JR Sarubashi Station – Mt. Kotara – Mt. Mokukura (1003M) – JR Sarubashi Station
Who knows – we may be able to have some river fun at the end of the hike as well.
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Please bring your lunch and drink.
Train Schedule
8:30 Leave Shinjuku Station on the Keio Line (express going towards Kitano/Takao)
9:23 Arrive at Takao Station (HURRY because it’s a fast change)
9:27 Take the Chuo Line train (towards Ootsuki)
10:00 Arrive at Sarubashi Station
Meet on the front of the 8:30 Keio train at Shinjuku if you want to go from there.
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(in English) 7:00 – 9:00PM (in English)(FREE)
Meeting Place and Time: Kichijoji Station – 6:45PM at the Police Box (Kouban) outside the Central Exit of Kichijoji Station
7:00 – 9:00PM – Discussion of Chapter 2 and how to implement these ideas in our everyday lives.
http://www.transformationteam.net/ttcourse/ttcourse03a
http://www.transformationteam.net/ttcourse/ttcourse03b
This course uses materials from the PEERS Transformation Course. This course, as well as our monthly meetings, discuss a current topic and various ways action can be taken to deal with the issue. Please look at the above links to see the contents and level of difficulty.
While anyone is welcome, it is suggested that you understand the contents of the material and prepare beforehand to have deep conversation in English.
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What sort of science is it that must, for the sake of is predictive success, hope and pray that people will never be their better selves, but always be greedy social idiots with nothing finer to do than getting and spending, getting and spending?
We need a nobler economics that is not afraid to discuss spirit and conscience, moral purpose and the meaning of life, and economics that aims to educate an elevate people, not merely to measure their low-grade behavior…..
Economic progress is obtainable only if (more…)
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Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) at 9:30AM
Event Places: Garbage Pick Up on the Arakawa River (under the Kasai bridge) – 10:00 – 12:00 (Please bring work gloves if you have them)
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Course: Ogose Station – Mt. Ootakatori – Ogose Nature Center – Hydrongea Road Hydrongea Mountain Park – Ogose Station (by bus – 280 yen)
From Ikebukuro, take the Tobu Tojo (Express) Line’s 8:49AM train and get off at Sakado Station, arriving at 9:33AM. Change here to the local train going to Ogose, getting on the 9:40 train which arrives at Ogose Station at 9:58AM. Make sure to get on this train as we cannot wait for the next one.
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People going from Ikebukuro Station can meet at the front end of the train on the Tobu Tojo Line platform at 8:49, or meet at Ogose Station’s ticket gate at 10:00.
Walking time is about 5 hours (12 Kilometers).
You can enjoy 15,000 hydrongea stalks at the Hydrongea Park (on the mountain) plus 5000 more on the 3km walk to the park – FLOWERS GALORE!
Please wear appropriate shoes (tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a lunch to eat on the mountain, and plenty of liquids.
The following pages have some information about the area (in Japanese):
http://homepage2.nifty.com/iruken/ogoseazisai/ogoseazisai.htm
http://blog.livedoor.jp/t0617tog/archives/50694151.html
http://www.mapple.net/spots/G01101006301.htm
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JAMBO contributed $US300 to African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) – a group in Africa that works to protect the environment while, at the same time, promoting the development of the local people. http://www.awf.org/
These funds come from you, the participants of JAMBO, Thank you very much.
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We are now in the midst of rainy season here in Japan, dreaded by many because of the humidity, mold, and unpleasant outings. Yet, the plants rejoice with the regular waterings and the animals celebrate being able to drink whenever they please. In most parts of the world, nature is not so blessed, and periodically suffer from thirst and die due to lack of this life source. In a country so blessed with water, we humans (more…)
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Our estrangement from nature leaves us wanting, and when we want there is never enough. Our insatiable wanting is called greed. It is a major source of our destructive dependencies and violence. Rejoining with nature, people want less. They also (more…)
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JAMBO contributed US$200 to Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, an organization that supports sustainable transport around the world, especially in developing countries. These funds come from you, the participants of JAMBO, Thank you very much.
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